Cloverfield
Originally Posted by Sleepy,Jan 9 2008, 08:45 PM
Just saw an advanced screening of it. It was fun! A lot of video camera perspective running through the streets, etc. - if you get motion sickness easily, may not be for you.
One thing, it is a SHORT movie: running time is only 84 minutes w/ credits.
The entire film is from the perspective of the camera - I personlly like the technique, others may feel otherwise.
Oh, I would be remiss if I didn't mention how hot the 2 female leads are... wow.
One thing, it is a SHORT movie: running time is only 84 minutes w/ credits.
The entire film is from the perspective of the camera - I personlly like the technique, others may feel otherwise.
Oh, I would be remiss if I didn't mention how hot the 2 female leads are... wow.

What's it about?? What attacks NYC with such force that Ms. Liberty's head goes flying down a street??
Aliens?
Zombies?
Drama Llamas?
Ecstacy induced Terrorists?
Ok...you can tell I'm reaching.
84 min? Wow. I still dont know what to think about jj abrams, i love lost but wow did mi:3 suck. i will see it, even though blair witch gave me motion sickness. the camera jumpiness in the bournes didnt bother me, it was the retarded editing, a new camera angle every 3 seconds.
POTENTIAL SPOILER:If you're into happy endings with everything tied up with a nice little bow - not for you. As I mentioned, the entire movie is from the point of view from a single video camera. They NEVER deviate from that POV, so some may feel cheated. I personally liked the technique. It is a flashlight up at world, as opposed to a floodlight down.
As far as what kind of monster it is - you never really know! Gone is the ubiquitous run-in with a scientist that has been studying the creature for decades. Replace that with 'oh, sh** - i better get the f outta here - Do I really care at the moment the genetic make-up of that thing that wants to f-ing eat me?!'
The movie's far from perfect - a lot of the people I talked to hated it for the reasons I mentioned. You can poke a lot of holes in it. But it was fun.
And.. as I mentioned:
Jessica Lucas
&
Odette Yustman
Oh - A bit of warning - you WILL get fed up with the word 'Rob'...
^^So you never get to see what it looks like? I was on another forum that had huge thread just for this movie. There were 2 pictures posted of what it possibly was....One was a huge whale looking monster and the other was just horrid, had no arms, 2 legs and massive teeth. Looked like Godzilla after doing crack and losing it's arms.
Originally Posted by modMonkey,Jan 14 2008, 06:27 PM
^ link?
edit: Ok, here it is. The pictures are somewhere in the middle of the thread, not sure what page. Lots of interesting stuff in this thread too.
http://www.vadriven.com/forums/showthread.php?t=195432





